2026 SBC State Pairs Club Selection Events

The State Pairs and State Teams are new events replacing the former State Open Pairs and Open Teams formats. These competitions highlight top performers across three distinct categories: Open, Under Grand (<1000 MPs), and Under National (<150 MPs).

State Pairs Metro Final Qualifiers

Congratulations to our winners from the recent 3-week selection events held in the City – the Tuesday night series on 5, 12 & 19 May and Thursday morning series on 7, 14 & 21 May. They will represent SBC at the Face-to-Face Metro Final on 26 September.

Overall results of the Thursday mornings series.
Overall results of the Tuesday nights series.

Congratulations to:

Open Representatives

Open – Mark and Julie Guthrie who qualified via the Thursday morning series. No Open category representative qualified during the Tuesday night series.

Under Grand Representatives (<1000 Masterpoints)

Jane Biscoe and Jake Andrew (Under Grand).
Chris Hamam and Martin Clear (Under Grand).

Under Grand – One pair from was selected via each qualifying event.

Under National Representatives (<150 Masterpoints)

Anna Siganto and Jeri Levinsky (Under National).
Andy Sunter and David Paul (Under National).

Under National – One pair from was selected via each qualifying event.

We are going to run another event selecting a team in each category (Open, Under Grand and Under National) over 3 Thursday mornings on July 23, 30 & August 6 (City only). IMPs Pairs scoring, we will sponsor the top 2 pairs in each category to form a team to play in the State Teams Metro Final on 27 September. No need to book or enter in advance. RED masterpoints, $5 extra table money fee.

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